US Patent Issued to Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College on Oct. 20 for "Methods and system for volumetric modulated arc therapy-computed tomography (VMAT-CT)" (Louisiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,342, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College (Baton Rouge, La.).

"Methods and system for volumetric modulated arc therapy-computed tomography (VMAT-CT)" was invented by Rui Zhang (Baton Rouge, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for generating volumetric modulated arc therapy-computed tomography (VMAT-CT) including receiving, at a computer system comprising at least one processor, electronic portal imaging device (EPID) images collected during VMAT; performing Online Region-based Active Contour Method (ORACM) on the EPID images, resulting in...